Netray Report On ASEAN Summit 2023: Negative Sentiment Doesn't Affect Event Success

President Jokowi opened the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, NTT on May 10, 2023. (Between/Rivan Awal Lingga/foc)

JAKARTA The 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara on 10-11 May 2023 was a success. Not only able to optimally welcome delegates and heads of state, this event is also a forum for promoting the culture, culinary, and natural beauty of Labuan Bajo to the eyes of the international community.

In fact, the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy believes that there will be 300-350 thousand foreign tourists visiting Labuan Bajo after the 42nd ASEAN Summit.

Public talks on Twitter social media regarding the ASEAN 2023 Summit, according to Netray's monitoring, are also very good. Of the 51.2 thousand tweets found, the majority voiced positive sentiment. Only hundreds of tweets were negative.

The discussion of positive sentiment was colored by President Jokowi's tweets and his ministers who took part in this conference. President Jokowi's tweet about the end of the 2023 ASEAN Summit became the most popular positive trending tweet during the conversation.

The National Police Chief @ ListyoSigitP also appreciated his team for their enthusiasm in securing the ASEAN Summit so that it ran safely and conducively.

Meanwhile, negative tweets emerged from the @Dandhy_Laksono account. Dandhy tweeted about the participants of the ASEAN Summit who could enjoy five-star hotels and smooth roads, but there are people who have not received compensation for their land that has been used for the benefit of this event.

"Dhandy also highlighted the question of West Manggarai residents who intend to demonstrate demanding that their rights be under pressure and reported to the police," Netray wrote in its report on May 26, 2023.

Netray has been observing the discussion of the ASEAN 2023 Summit since May 7-13, 2023 using the keyword asean &&lagging bajotisahan && summit. The use of this keyword is able to produce 3.6 million impressions and has the potential to reach up to 172.9 million accounts.

The peak of the conversation occurred on May 13,2023. On that date, tweets that voice Telkom's support for the success of the ASEAN 2023 Summit in Labuan Bajo dominated. In these tweets, Twitter activists use the hashtag #No-Based Activities, #TelkomDukungKTASEAN2023 and #ElevatingYourFuture.

"For the names of figures, apart from Jokowi, the names of Puan Maharani, Erick Thohir, Ganjar Pranowo, and Moeldoko are also widely mentioned in the conversation," said Netray.

Puan is mentioned in a number of tweets with narratives about the importance of protecting the safety of Indonesian migrant workers and criminal acts of trafficking in persons.

Meanwhile, Erick appeared with Wishnutama and Chef Arnold because he was given the responsibility to make the ASEAN 2023 Summit a success. Erick is tasked with developing integrated areas such as building ports and hotels.

This is as tweeted by @YRadianto and @denni_sauya. The hashtag that netizens used when writing a tweet about Erick was #GanjarErickDuet Terbaik, "Netray continued.

Not only through public talks, but Netray also monitors the ASEAN 2023 Summit through online media reporting channels. By using the keywords and the same monitoring period, 2,946 articles from 250 media were found discussing the ASEAN 2023 Summit. Of that number, the categories that dominate the news are government, finance, and tourism.

The intensity of mass media reports has started to increase since before the event began. The peak occurred on May 10, 2023 or the second day the ASEAN Summit took place and began to decline until the end of the monitoring period.

Then, Netray observed the discussion of what the online media had written a lot through popular vocabulary. The words 'lauan', 'bajo' and indonesia' are the most widely mentioned words in the news as the venue for the event.

In addition, the word economy', umkm', and electricity' are also quite prominent topics. The catalyst is reflected in the news of anticipating an increase in global food prices and strengthening regional payment connectivity and local currency transactions of each country or de-dolarization. As reported by Pakuan Raya and Accurate.

Meanwhile, the word 'MSME' discusses the MSME business actors who participate, ranging from food MSMEs to woven fabrics. Approximately 50 MSMEs participated and benefited greatly from this event. This story is as reported by Ayo Jakarta and Detik.

Then, said 'electricity' is widely reported regarding PLN which brings electricity without flickering to support this international event. The electricity produced comes from the environmentally friendly energy of the Ulumbu Geothermal Power Plant (PLTP). Not only that, but PLN also charges 371 electric vehicles used for operations during the event.

Judging by the category of top facilities, it appears that the Meruorah Hotel is the most widely mentioned place in 423 news. The hotel owned by BUMN, which was only developed in 2019, is the main venue for the Summit. The interesting fact is that this hotel used to be an old port. As reported by Kompas.

As for the top portal that reported the 42nd ASEAN Summit, Kompas became the news portal with the most news with 186 articles, followed by Detik with 164 articles and Tribune News 144 articles.

Behind this success, as stated when opening the ASEAN 2023 Summit, President Jokowi hopes that 10 ASEAN countries can unite. With unity, ASEAN will be able to become a central player in bringing peace and growth.

"We have strong assets as an epicentrum of growth. The economy is growing far above the world average, the demographic bonus, and the stability of the area is maintained," said Jokowi.

So that in the future ASEAN must further strengthen its economic integration, strengthen inclusive cooperation, including the implementation of RCEP, and strengthen its health architecture, food, energy, and financial stability.

"Let's work hard to make ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth," added Jokowi.